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    • Shotoku Ichibu
    • Attributing Man'en Nibu
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Book Progress

Initial Drafting

Bolded items have been drafted and are generally complete; items in italics are currently being researched. Items in both bold and italics are tentatively drafted but likely to change significantly before the final draft.

Core Gold

In Progress

Gaku ichibu

Old Keicho ichibu

Standard Keicho ichibu

Single Hon Keicho ichibu

Double Hon Keicho ichibu

Genroku ichibu

Hoei ichibu

Shotoku ichibu

Kyoho ichibu

Sado ichibu

Genbun ichibu

Bunsei ichibu

Tenpo ichibu

Ansei ichibu

Man'en ichibu

Supplementary Gold

In Progress

Genroku nisshu 

Bunsei isshu

Tenpo nisshu

Man'en nisshu

Early Bunsei nibu

Late Bunsei nibu

Ansei nibu

Man'en nibu

Meiji nibu

Silver

Upcoming

Meiwa Go Momme

Meiwa Ko Nanryo

Kansei Ko Nanryo

Shin Nanryo

Bunsei Nanryo isshu

Tenpo ichibu

Kaei isshu

Trade nisshu

Ansei ichibu

Meiji ichibu

Meiji isshu

Shonai ichibu

Other Sections

Upcoming

Introduction

Annotated bibliography

Japanese name breakdown

Important people

Explanation of book structure

What came before gold bars

Discussion of gold design

Gold minting process

What came before silver bars

Silver minting process

Appendix graphs

Attribution guide


Next Steps

Keicho ichibu research paper

Goal: 2025

Keicho ichibu are very complicated, and I've done a significant amount of analysis of examples auctioned since 2008. Through this I've put together a theory that would greatly change how they're organized, but I want to get more feedback before publishing this theory in the book. The tentative plan is to assemble this data into a research paper, release it freely in both English and Japanese, and solicit feedback.

Finalize text

Goal: 2028

Full layout

Goal: 2029

Test printing

Goal: 2029

Release

Goal: 2030

Full drafted sections will not be made available until the book has been released.

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